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Water Warrior 2 · 01-29-2009, 02:28 PM

Crash protection is obviously best with a full face helmet and few would dispute that. But how many riders "REALLY" consider smaller objects that suddenly appear in front of their face and splat. Birds, bees(my fav), flying junk kicked up by other vehicles, and of course that one dumb Bald Eagle that scared me half to death. I did have a small bird connect with my VStrom. The bird lost badly but without a full face hat my vision would have been more than impaired. Quickly wiping bird remains off a face shield is easier than off your face and out of your eyes.
My second EX had an open face helmet. She picked up a bee at 70 MPH. You can bet that will leave a mark.

01-29-2009, 02:28 PM	#56
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Re: Full vs three quarter Crash protection is obviously best with a full face helmet and few would dispute that. But how many riders "REALLY" consider smaller objects that suddenly appear in front of their face and splat. Birds, bees(my fav), flying junk kicked up by other vehicles, and of course that one dumb Bald Eagle that scared me half to death. I did have a small bird connect with my VStrom. The bird lost badly but without a full face hat my vision would have been more than impaired. Quickly wiping bird remains off a face shield is easier than off your face and out of your eyes. My second EX had an open face helmet. She picked up a bee at 70 MPH. You can bet that will leave a mark.
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